Monte-Carlo Rally 2018

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The crews will compete in the second pass of the second stage of the Monte-Carlo Rally from 13:58 p.m.

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Jan Kopecky (Skoda) took the lead in WRC 2 but the Czech remains threatened by Éric Camilli (Ford) who is only four seconds behind his Fabia R5. Belgian Guillaume de Mevius climbed onto the provisional podium in the category at the wheel of his Peugeot 208 T16 R5, taking advantage of Teemu Suninen (Ford) going off the road in SS4. Stéphane Sarrazin (Skoda) occupies third place in the RC2, just eight tenths behind his compatriot Éric Camilli.

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New image of Suninen's Fiesta R5 after its SS4 exit:

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Here is the general classification after SS5:

 

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Craig Breen (Citroën) lost more than two minutes in the Vaumeilh-Claret special (15,18km), SS5 of the Monte-Carlo Rally. The Irishman was in great difficulty following a broken brake on the first pass and even had to stop to let Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) pass.

Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) stood out by taking the scratch with a time of 8'42''6. Ott Tänak (Toyota) was the closest with three tenths behind, followed by Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) at seven tenths. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) stayed on a good pace, finishing 2''4 with a second ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) who preceded his teammate Esapekka Lappi by seven tenths. Kris Meeke (Citroën) finished 7”4 behind, 2”4 ahead of Bryan Bouffier (M-Sport). Dani Sordo (Hyundai), however, lost pace as he finished more than 11 seconds from the scratch.

Sébastien Ogier returns to mid-stage service with a lead of 40”4 over Ott Tänak who takes second place from Dani Sordo by seven seconds. Esapekka Lappi remains fourth ahead of his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala. Kris Meeke maintains his sixth position, now ahead of Bryan Bouffier, Elfyn Evans and Craig Breen who loses three places in this special.

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The times are finally updated. Lappi set the 6th provisional time, 4″2 behind Evans and remains 4th with 12″7 ahead of Latvala. Breen is dead last with 2'23 behind. The Citroën driver fell outside the top ten 18s behind Neuville. Bouffier set the 8th time around ten seconds from the scratch and finds himself 7th less than 14 seconds behind Meeke.

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Lappi: “The special was more fun than the last one. SS4 was a nightmare because it was wet. I thank Breen who maneuvered well so as not to get in my way. »

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Breen also managed to finish the special. His time is also unknown but his delay will be significant. He should give up his 7th place to Bouffier.

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Lappi reached the finish. His time is not yet known.

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Breen stops briefly to let Lappi pass. The Toyota driver seems to have lost very little time in the maneuver.

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Lappi returns to the Citroën C3 WRC Breen which still seems to be slowed down significantly by its brake problems.

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Meeke signs the 6th provisional time, 7″4 behind Evans. The Northern Irishman is in 6th position in the general classification.

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Sordo lacked pace in this special with 11”4 behind Evans and 11”1 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver slips to 4th place behind the Estonian, 7″1 behind.

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Evans improves the benchmark with a time of 8'42″6. This is 3 tenths better than Tänak. The Welshman occupies 9th place in the general classification.

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Latvala set the worst time with 3″2 behind. The Finn is almost 37 seconds behind his teammate Tänak in the general classification, moving into 5th place.

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Neuville: “I can't be satisfied with the result with my puncture this morning. I can hope to get back into the top 5, you never know what can happen. »

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Tänak takes the provisional scratch with a time of 8'42″9. The M-Sport driver is ahead of Neuville by 4 tenths and Ogier by 2″1. The Estonian remains more than 40 seconds from the lead of the race.

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Ogier: “I was satisfied with my driving in this special. I thought the stage was wet and I put on the super softs. But it's a good morning. »

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Neuville improves the benchmark by 1″7 with a time of 8’43″3. The Hyundai driver is in 10th place.

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Ogier sets the first time by completing the 15,18km special in 8'45″0.

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